Legal Opinion
Roland Shepard v. Michael Lane, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, and Neil Hartigan, Illinois Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1987No. 85-2885PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we are asked to review the district court’s denial of the appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, originally brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner has alleged three grounds for habeas corpus relief: 1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel in violation of his sixth amendment right to counsel; 2) denial of his fourteenth amendment due process right to a fair trial because of the prosecutor’s misconduct; and 3) denial of due process through the cumulative effect of the ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Sumner v. MataSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by53 opinions
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